Velekete Slave Market

[3] The settlement of Hendrik Hertog, a Dutch trader in Badagry who was locally known as Yovo Huntokonu sowed the seed for the establishment of the Vlekete Slave Market.

He acquired land from the local people and turned the town into a trading post that was beneficial to the Chiefs of the land as more Europeans came to exchange their goods with what the Africans had.

The slaves were exchanged for whiskey, gunpowder, cannon, ceramic plates, mirrors, umbrellas, iron wares and other articles.

[7] In recent times, the market has become part of the tourist attractions for those who wish to further understand how the slave trade was carried out in parts of central West Africa alongside; Media related to Velekete Slave Market at Wikimedia Commons

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